rpm and wget -c

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 15:34 +0930, Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 18:24 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > Stuck out here in the toolies, running a 56k modem at 28.8 because the
> > phone lines are all crappy this far from the central phone banks, can
> > I convince rpm (then yum) to "resume" the download, if my connection
> > is broken?? 
> 
> Here, yum can resume a broken download.  However, resuming also depends
> on the server.
Maybe I've never looked close enough to see that happen, but I've never
noticed it ... especially when dnloading the fileslists and the
connection breaks. I see it start all over again instead of "resuming".
What say the guys that admin yum?? Is my perception 100% wrong?
Inquiring minds want to know. Ric

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